Sports Cap with Rotatable Crown

ABSTRACT

A sports rally cap, comprising a crown member configured to rotate around its own vertical axis and to rotate around a horizontal axis of a brim. The crown member includes a plurality of sports theme logos. A brim includes on its inner surface a T-head shaped male track means for slidably engaging a compatible inter-locking bracket-shaped female channel track means that is attached to a headband member of a visor. The visor member comprises a bill having at least one logo displayed on its upper surface. The crown is configured to rotate around the head of an individual wearer person, wherefore the visor member being stably positioned on the head of the individual wearer person. The individual wearer person rallies for at least one sports team by rotating the crown until an appropriate logo appears to suit a rally theme.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Technical Field

The present application relates, in general, to headwear apparel, andmore particularly to hats and caps with adjustable and rotatable crowns.

2. Description of Some Prior Art

Baseball-style caps are a common constituent of apparel worn by fans atsporting events and at rallies. Sporting a baseball-style cap at asports event or a club is a longstanding American tradition. Sports fansoften use sports caps to express their support for their favorite teameither because of nativity or because of location of the team or for anumber of other reasons. While there are numerous types, styles anddesigns for caps having a single logo of a sports team imprinted on thecrown of many commercial caps, there are only a few, if any, inventionsof caps with multiple logos inscribed on rotatable crowns.

Movable visors and bills are known in the art. In U.S. Pat. No.4,630,317, Brown et al. disclose caps in which, the bill/visor parts maybe detachable from a sweatband portion of a visor, which may beinter-changeable with other bills and visor using loops and hooks tosecure the headband. However, the Brown et al., patent does not teachthe use of slidable mechanisms for adjusting visors or crowns. U.S. Pat.No. 5,471,684 issued to Castle discloses a cap construction in which, avisor portion may be detachable from a brim and crown parts. The Castlepatent discloses a movable and detachable brim portion, which may beadjustable using a sliding means to rotate a visor to shield from thesun. Likewise, U.S. Pat. No. 5,533,211 issued to Mehrens, teaches a capwith a visor/bill portion that is movable relative to the crown. TheMehrens patent disclosed a sliding assembly in which, one member isattached to the brim while the complementary sliding member is attachedto a band that is secured to the visor so that the visor may be movedwhile the brim stays on the head of the wearer. Other patents alsodisclose similar sliding mechanisms to move the bill portion of a visoron sports caps. For instance, U.S. Pat. Nos. 6,789,267 and 7,240,373,issued to Ahn describe a cap with a sliding assembly comprising aC-shaped channel and a vertically T-shaped track whereby the brim may berotated relative to the crown. Unlike the Ahn patents, the presentinvention discloses a bracket-shaped channel track means thataccommodates a T-head-shaped male track means that when engaged togetherenables the wearer to rotate the crown to multiple positions relative toa position of the bill of the cap. U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,715,534 and6,263,508, issued to Mobley/Davis, disclosed hats and caps with moveablebills or brims. Both the Mobley/Davis patents teach a cap or hat whereinthe bill or brim of the cap/hat may be rotated by the wearer relative tothe crown. The sliding assembly that operates the movement of the billor brim in the Mobley/Davis patents is generally located on the outerrim of the brim so that the visor may be rotated around the crown of thecap.

A goal of the present invention is to achieve the dual purposes of: (1)rotation of the crown portion of a baseball-style cap around its ownvertical axis to display multiple symbols, logos and the like, while thecap is securely fixed on the head of a wearer; and (2) simultaneouslythe bill of the visor is still positioned to protect the face of thewearer from the sun's harmful rays while the crown can be rotated. Thusthe current invention differs from the above-described prior art in thatthe crown is connected to the outside periphery of a headband, withoutan intermediary sweatband, and the visor member stays in a constantposition, and the sliding mechanism is located between the periphery ofthe crown/brim, and the complementary side of the sliding mechanism isattached to the headband of the visor. This mode of construction isadvantageous because the wearer may easily select a different logo basedon the wearer's predilection without removing the cap from his or herhead. In the current disclosure, as opposed to the above-described priorart patents, the invention is an improvement focused on an adjustable orrotatable crown, while the detachable visor member of the cap is fixedon the head of the wearer shielding the wearer's face from the sun andthe elements of the weather. The construction of the crown in thecurrent teaching is a unitary construction, meaning there is noseparable brim or sweatband or edge portion separable from the body ofthe crown. Thus the present disclosure addresses the issue of how torotate the crown body without rotating or disturbing the brim orvisor/bill, and the invention seeks to resolve this issue.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

In an embodiment, the disclosed invention comprises a baseball-stylecap. The cap further comprises a crown member configured to cover a headof an individual wearer person. The crown member is further configuredto rotate around its own vertical axis. The crown member has abottom-end opening defining a brim. The brim has a circularly configuredopening to receive an individual wearer person's head. The crown memberis additionally configured to rotate around a horizontal axis of thebrim. In an embodiment, the crown member has a plurality of sports themelogos outwardly displayed on the crown member's outer surfaces.

In yet another embodiment a sports rally cap has a brim that has asubstantially semi-stiff inner surface that is configured to bereversibly detachable and re-attachable to and from a visor member. Thebrim includes on its inner surface a protruding generally circularcross-sectionally T-head shaped male track means for slidably engaging acompatible inter-locking and generally circular reciprocallycross-sectionally bracket-shaped female channel track means. In afurther embodiment, the generally circular cross-sectionally T-headshaped male track means further comprises an upper first groove and alower second groove that are vertically connected by an intermediatetwo-sided elongated generally cross-sectionally rectangular contiguousportion. The cross-sectionally bracket-shaped female channel track meansfurther includes a semi-stiff upper lip and a second semi-stiff lowerlip that are vertically connected by an intermediate two-sided elongatedgenerally cross-sectionally rectangular contiguous portion.

In a further embodiment, a visor comprises a bill that extends outwardlyand laterally relative to an individual wearer person's head. The billhas at least one logo displayed on its upper surface. Additionally, thevisor member has attached to it a generally circular reciprocallycross-sectionally bracket-shaped female channel track means that isconfigured to couple to the protruding side of a generally circularcross-sectionally T-head shaped male track means, wherefore saidgenerally circular cross-sectionally T-head shaped male track meansbeing securely attached circularly to a brim's inner surface. In yetanother embodiment, the generally circular cross-sectionally T-headshaped male track means substantially extends lengthwisecircumferentially around near an edge of an inner surface of the brim.In an embodiment, the visor member includes a generally closed circularheadband member, which is securely attached to an inner surface of thevisor member. The headband member is also securely attached to aconcavely curved backward portion of a bill. The headband member isfurther configured to securely attach to an outer flat portion of thegenerally circular cross-sectionally bracket-shaped female channel trackmeans. In an embodiment, the cross-sectionally bracket-shaped femalechannel track means is configured to slidably accommodate the male trackmeans. In yet another embodiment, the crown member, and the visor memberare coupled to each other such as to enable the crown to rotate aroundthe head of an individual wearer person, wherefore the visor member isstably positioned on the head of the individual wearer person.

In an alternative embodiment of a sports rally cap, a generally circularcross-sectionally T-head shaped male track means and a generallycircular cross-sectionally bracket-shaped female channel track means,when coupled to each other, thereby form a circular and longitudinallyextending single inter-locking mechanism to enable said male track meansto slide smoothly within the female channel track means back and forthcircularly and laterally around the horizontal axis of said brim.

In yet another embodiment, a sports rally cap comprises a male trackmeans. The male track means includes an upper first groove and a lowersecond groove that are connected by an intermediate two-sided elongatedgenerally cross-sectionally rectangular contiguous portion. Thecross-sectionally rectangular portion has a first flat side securelyattached to an inner periphery surface of a brim of the cap. Thecross-sectionally rectangular portion also has an opposing second flatside that is generally shorter than the first flat side projectingoutwardly from the inner periphery surface of the brim.

In a further embodiment, a sports rally cap includes a generallycircular cross-sectionally bracket-shaped female channel track means,which is defined by a semi-stiff upper lip and a second semi-stiff lowerlip. The semi-stiff upper and lower lips are vertically connected by anintermediate two-sided elongated and generally cross-sectionallyrectangular contiguous portion. The cross-sectionally rectangularcontiguous portion has a first flat side securely attached to aperiphery surface of a visor headband member, and an opposing secondflat side generally shorter than the first flat side that projectsoutwardly from the outer surface of the visor headband member. The upperand lower lips further define a clasp for slidably and securelyretaining an upper first groove and a lower second groove of said T-headshaped male track means.

In yet another embodiment, a sports rally cap comprises a headbandmember of a visor that is securely attached to a first flat side of anintermediate two-sided elongated generally cross-sectionally rectangularcontiguous portion of a circular cross-sectionally bracket-shaped femalechannel track means such that the headband member has an outer sideattached to the cross-sectionally bracket-shaped female channel trackmeans and an inner side in contact with an individual wearer person'shead.

In yet another embodiment, a sports rally cap comprises a headbandmember of a visor that is securely attached to a first flat side of anintermediate two-sided elongated generally cross-sectionally rectangularcontiguous portion of a circular cross-sectionally T-head shaped maletrack means such that the headband member has an outer side attached tothe cross-sectionally T-head shaped male channel track means and aninner side in contact with an individual wearer person's head.

In another embodiment, a sports rally cap comprises a semi-stiff portionof an inner surface of a brim that is securely attached to a first flatside of an intermediate two-sided elongated generally cross-sectionallyrectangular contiguous portion of a circular cross-sectionally a femalechannel track means such that the semi-stiff portion of an inner surfaceof a brim has an outer side attached to the cross-sectionally bracketshaped female channel track means and an inner side in contact with anindividual wearer person's head.

In an embodiment, a sports rally cap comprises a generally circularcross-sectionally T-head-shaped male track means that is made from atleast one member of a group consisting of a plastic, a metal,polyurethane, a polyvinyl chloride, a nylon, a rubber, and a wood.

In an alternative embodiment, a sports rally cap includes a generallycircular cross-sectionally bracket-shaped female channel track meanswhich is made from at least one member of a group consisting of aplastic, a metal, polyurethane, a polyvinyl chloride, a nylon, a rubber,and a wood.

In an another embodiment, a sports rally cap comprises a crown memberthat is detachable from said visor member by forcibly pulling at a visormember so that a female channel track means separates from a male trackmeans.

An embodiment of a sports rally cap comprises a crown member that isattachable to a visor member by firstly aligning a male track means witha female channel track means and secondly by pressing a semi-stiff upperlip and a semi-stiff lower lip of the female channel track means againsta protruding surface of the male track means thereby forming a singlesliding inter-locked unit to enable rotation of the crown.

A further embodiment includes a sports rally cap having a plurality ofsports theme logos that are constructed on to a generallytriangular-shaped fabric portions, which are sewn together to form adome-shaped crown member of the sports rally cap.

In an additional embodiment, a sports rally cap comprises a plurality ofsports theme logos that are selected from a group consisting of aprofessional sports team, a professional game, a professional outdooractivity, a religious symbol, a professional theme, a non-professionalsport, a non-professional theme, a cause, a rally, an event, a gatheringof persons, a club, a game, a membership organization, a company, amaterial, a tool and a unit.

In another embodiment, a sports rally cap comprises a male track meansthat is attached securely near an inner periphery surface of a brim bymeans of at least one of a hook, a thread, a stitch, a clip, a staple, agrip, a nail, a screw, an adhesive, a rivet, a pin, a bolt, a rubber, awire and a cable. Additionally, the sports rally cap has a femalechannel track means that is attached securely to a visor member and to aheadband member by means of at least one of a hook, a thread, a stitch,a clip, a staple, a grip, a nail, a screw, an adhesive, a rivet, a pin,a bolt, a rubber, a wire, a fastener, and a cable.

In yet another embodiment, a sports rally cap has a brim having asubstantially semi-stiff inner surface configured to be reversiblydetachable and re-attachable to and from a visor member. The brim isdetached from said visor member such that the visor member can beseparately worn on a head of an individual wearer person.

An embodiment of a method of rallying for a sports team includes asports rally cap and an individual wearer person that rallies for atleast one sports team by entering a sports arena where at least onesports team is putting on an event. The method further includes theindividual wearer person selecting a rally cap with a rotatable crownhaving at least one logo corresponding to at last one sports team. Themethod also includes the individual wearer selecting a visor memberhaving a bill having at least one logo displayed on the upper surface ofthe bill.

In an embodiment a method includes an individual wearer person rallyingfor at least one sports team by covering the individual person's headwith the cap with the rotatable crown having at least one logocorresponding to at last one sports team and at least one logo outwardlydisplayed on the crown. The method further includes the individualwearer person rallying for at least one sports team by rotating a crownof the cap until an appropriate logo to suit a rally theme for at leastone sports team that is displayed in front. The displayed logo coincidesin position with a bill of the cap. In an alternative embodiment, themethod includes the individual wearer person rallies for at least onesports team by changing allegiance to a winning team by rotating thecrown member to an appropriate logo displayed in a front positioncoinciding with the bill having at least one logo that is a differentlogo compared to the crown logo displayed on the crown member.

The foregoing summary is not intended to be in any way limiting. Inaddition to the illustrative aspects, embodiments, further improvedaspects, embodiments, and devices and methods will become apparent byreference to the drawings and the detailed description.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is an illustrative representation of a sports rally cap on afigurative representation of wearer person's head.

FIG. 2 is an illustrative example of a sports rally cap with exemplarylogos.

FIG. 3 is an illustrative example of a sports rally cap with exemplarylogos.

FIG. 4 is an illustrative example of a sports rally cap with exemplarylogos.

FIG. 5 is an illustrative example of a sports rally cap with exemplarylogos.

FIG. 6 is an illustrative example of a sports rally cap with exemplarylogos.

FIG. 7 is an illustrative example of a sports rally cap with exemplarylogos.

FIG. 8 is an illustrative example of a sports rally cap with exemplarylogos.

FIG. 9 is an illustrative example a of sports rally cap with exemplarylogos.

FIG. 10 is an illustrative example of a sports rally cap with exemplarylogos.

FIG. 11 is an illustrative example of a sports rally cap with exemplarylogos.

FIG. 12 is an illustrative example of a top view of a sports rally capwith exemplary logos.

FIG. 13 is an illustrative example of a top view of a sports rally capwith exemplary logos.

FIG. 14 is an illustrative example of a crown member.

FIG. 15 is an illustrative example of a visor member.

FIG. 16 is an illustrative example of a crown member having exemplarymale track means shown as an exploded view (a, b).

FIG. 17 is an illustrative example of a visor member having exemplaryfemale channel track means shown as an exploded view (a, b).

FIG. 18 is an illustrative example of a sliding mechanism of coupling.

FIG. 19 is an illustrative example of a sports rally cap with anillustrative sliding mechanism (19A).

FIG. 20 is a schematic illustration of a method of rallying by anindividual wearer person.

FIG. 21 is an illustration of a method of rallying by figurativeindividual wearer person.

A person skilled in the art will recognize that the drawings andaccompanying brief descriptions are illustrative without limitations andare not drawn to scale.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

In the following detailed description, reference is made to theaccompanying drawings, which form a part and parcel thereof. Theillustrative embodiments described in the detailed description, drawingsand claims are not meant to be limiting in any way. Other embodimentsmay be utilized, and other changes may be made, without departing fromthe spirit, letter or scope of the subject matter presented here.

The following disclosure is drawn to a baseball-style cap having arotatable crown that may be used, without limitations, in sports events,rallies, team sports celebrations and the like.

FIG. 1 shows an illustration of an embodiment of a sports rally capcomprising a crown 10 member configured to cover a head 11 of anindividual wearer person 24. In FIGS. 1 and 2 the crown 10 member has aplurality of sports theme logos 14, 16, 18, 20 outwardly displayed onthe crown member's outer surfaces 13. The terms sports logo(s) or themelogos or logos as, or similar terms used herein, include, but is notlimited to, sports, games, theme symbols, emblems, badges, base ballicons, unit, tool, mascots, shapes, ideas, designs, words, letters, codeor any other symbol that may represent a theme, team or an event. In anembodiment, the cap may have a bill 12 that extends outwardly and mayalso carry a logo A22. In FIG. 2 there is schematically illustrated thatthe crown 10 member is configured to rotate 26 around its own verticalaxis V. Additionally, the crown 10 has a bottom-end opening, the opening28 defining a brim 29. As illustrated in FIG. 2, the crown 10 isconfigured to rotate on an imaginary horizontal axis H of a brim 29. InFIG. 2 for illustrative purposes, the crown 10 is indicated to rotate 26clockwise as shown by an arrow head. In an alternative embodiment, thecrown 10 may be configured to rotate anti-clockwise as well. Thus thewearer 24 of the cap may rotate the crown 360 degrees, as disclosedherein. In other embodiments, FIGS. 3-5 illustrate that the crown 10member is further configured to rotate around its own vertical axis Vand a horizontal axis H of the brim. In FIG. 3 the cap has the logo A14facing the bill 12 and its logo A22, i.e., each logo is coincident withthe other. Should the wearer turn the crown 10 member anti-clockwise 30,then as shown in FIG. 4, the wearer would have two different logos S18,N20 going to the front of the cap, and the logo A14 and B16 going to theback of the cap. In a further embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 5 theindividual wearer person may choose to rotate 32 the crown 10 in aclockwise direction. This would result in the crown, which is in aninitial position as shown in FIG. 3 wherein, the logo A14 is incoincidence with logo A22, to rotate 32 to a different position suchthat the logo B16 is now coincident with the logo A22 on the bill 12, asshown in FIG. 5. A skilled person would recognize that other positionsand variations, not depicted here in the figures are nonethelessdisclosed herein, in the rotation of the crown, are possible within thescope herein and are enabled by rotating the crown to intermediatepositions. For instance, rotating the crown 10 to a position whereeither S18 or N20 coincide with A22.

An aspect of the disclosure includes using a method of rotating thecrown by an individual wearer person to rally for at least one sportsteam by selecting the rally cap with the rotatable crown having at leastone logo corresponding to at last one sports team. Another embodiment ofthe method of rallying comprises selecting at least one sports team andselecting and wearing a rally cap having a bill having at least one logodisplayed on the upper surface of the bill. As used herein, the term“bill” 12 includes, but is not limited to, a part of the rally cap thatextends outwardly as shown in FIGS. 1-6 partly shading the face of anindividual wearer person, and acts as a protective cover over the faceagainst the sun's harmful rays and the elements of the weather.

Turning now to FIGS. 6 and 7, which illustrate numerous furtherembodiments of a sports rally cap 33 comprising a crown 10 member havinga plurality of sports theme logos 34, 36, 38,40, 42, 44 outwardlydisplayed on the crown member's outer surfaces 48, 50. Additionalembodiments may include, without limitations, logos 36, 42 on a bill 12of the caps. The plurality of sports theme logos are selected from agroup consisting of a professional sports team based in a city, such asNew York, San Francisco, Seattle etc., a professional game, such aschess, poker, etc., a professional outdoor activity, such as from amountaineering, sailing, climbing, camping, a religious symbol, such asfrom a church, temple, synagogue; a professional theme, such as from atrade group; a non-professional sport, such as from a college or varsitysports team; a non-professional theme, a club, a group, such asShriners; a cause, such as a disease cure advocacy group; a rally, suchas a marathon; an event, a gathering of persons, a dance club, a game, amembership organization, a company, a material, a tool and a unit. Thoseskilled in the art will recognize that other alternative examples oflogos and symbols may be presented, without limitations, within thepurview of this disclosure. FIGS. 8-11 illustrate alternativeembodiments of baseball-style rally caps having crown 10 displaying areligious symbol 51 or outdoor activity logo 52 or a corporate logo 54.Other embodiments of a rally cap may include, but not limited to wordsor phrases 60, 62 or slogans. The advantage of displaying and having aplurality of logos affixed on the crown 10 member is that the individualwearer person may rotate the crown to display one or more logos at anygiven event or time.

As illustrated in FIGS. 12 and 13 in another aspect of a sports rallycap disclosed herein, a plurality of sports theme logos 14, 16, 18, 20,50, 52 are constructed on to generally triangular-shaped fabric portions70, 72, 74, 76, 78, 80, the triangular-shaped fabric portions arestitched 77 (or otherwise fastened by any suitable means) together toform a dome-shaped crown 10 (see for example FIGS. 10, 11) member of thesports rally cap. FIGS. 12 and 13 depict top views of caps illustrated,for example in FIGS. 10 and 11. In the top view, embodiments of thelogos appear as a circle (as in FIGS. 12 and 13) on the dome shapedcrown. Furthermore, the triangular-shaped fabric portions 70, 72, 74,76, 78, 80 are held together at the top of a crown using a decorativebutton 82 (See FIGS. 10 and 13). Those skilled in the art will recognizethat other means may used to hold together the fabric portions of asports rally cap. These means may include but are not limited to,stitches, seals, hooks, buttons, threads, wires, rubber, synthetictethers, and the like.

As used herein, the term “sports rally cap” includes, but is not limitedto sports or games only. The term includes, without limitations, anyother purpose or activity or the like disclosed within the scopethereof. The term sports rally cap is used merely for the purposes ofconnoting, indicating or otherwise describing an activity in which anindividual wearer person has possession of the cap.

Turning now to FIGS. 14 and 15, there is shown another aspect of thesubject matter of the invention heretofore. In FIG. 14, therein isillustratively shown a crown 10 member having a bottom-end opening 83,the opening defining a brim 28. In a further embodiment, the brim has agenerally circularly configured opening to receive an individual wearerperson's head. The term “generally circular or circularly” or“circumferential(ly)” includes, but is not limited to, circular orsemi-circular shapes, oval shapes, elliptical shapes and squarish shapesor any other configuration that fits the head of an individual wearerperson. Returning to FIGS. 14 and 15, the brim 28 has a substantiallysemi-stiff inner surface 84 configured to be reversibly detachable andre-attachable 85 to and from a visor 86 member. The visor 86 memberfurther comprises a bill 12 that extends outwardly and laterally andhaving at least one logo 88, and a semi-stiff headband 89. The generallyclosed circular headband 89 member is securely attached to an innersurface of the brim 28. The headband 89 member is securely attached 90to a concavely curved backward portion 91 of the bill 12. In anembodiment, the entire visor 86 is attachable to the semi-stiff surface84 of the brim 28 portion of the crown 10 to comprise a cap. The crown10 member may be detachable from the visor 86 member by forcibly pullingat the visor 86 member headband 89, for example.

An aspect of the invention includes a sliding mechanism that enables theindividual wearer person to rotate a crown of a sports rally cap. FIGS.16 and 17 illustrate components of a sliding mechanism. There isillustrated in FIG. 16 an embodiment of a crown 10 of a cap and a brim28 that includes on its inner surface a protruding and generallycircular cross-sectionally T-head shaped 98 male track means 92 forslidably engaging a compatible inter-locking and generally circularreciprocally cross-sectionally bracket-shaped 103 female channel trackmeans (102 (FIG. 17). The generally circular cross-sectionally T-headshaped male track means 92 further comprises an upper first groove 99and a lower second groove 100 that are vertically connected by anintermediate two-sided elongated generally cross-sectionally rectangularcontiguous portion 94. Referring now to FIG. 17, the cross-sectionallybracket-shaped 103 female channel track means 102 further includes asemi-stiff upper lip 104 and a second semi-stiff lower lip 106 that arevertically connected by an intermediate two-sided elongated generallycross-sectionally rectangular contiguous portion 108. In an embodiment,he cross-sectionally bracket-shaped female channel track means 102 isaffixed to a headband 89 of a visor 86 member.

A reasonably skilled artisan will recognize that the embodiments of asliding mechanism as shown in FIGS. 16 and 17 are merely illustrativeand exemplary. Other variations and alternative means for sliding areconceivably within the scope of the claimed invention, and may bespecified and practiced under the same or similar circumstances. Forinstance a skilled artisan will recognize that a female channel trackmeans may be affixed on a brim edge of a crown while a male track may beaffixed on to the headband member of a visor or vice versa, and achievean equivalent ways, means and result as to enabling rotation of a crownof a cap, all of which, are within the scope of this disclosure.

Addressing FIGS. 18 and 19, a generally circular cross-sectionallyT-head shaped male track means 204 and the generally circularcross-sectionally bracket-shaped female channel track means 200, whencoupled 208 to each other, thereby form a circular 304 andlongitudinally extending single inter-locking mechanism 306 to enablethe male track means to slide smoothly within the female channel trackmeans back and forth circularly and laterally around the horizontal axisof a brim of a crown. The channel 210 in the female track means may beengaged by the male track means by either sliding the upper lip 104 andlower lip 106 into the complementary upper groove 100 and the lowergroove 101 of the male track means.

Those skilled in the art will recognize that the terms“cross-sectionally” or “cross-section” (or similar terms) are ad hoc andindicate or connote a view of the T-head shaped or bracket-shaped trackmeans if an imaginary cross-section of the same were taken. The terms“circular” or “circumferential” or the like, include, withoutlimitation, circle-like, or oval shaped, or semi-circular shape orelliptical or arc-shapes.

Returning to FIGS. 18 and 19, in an embodiment, the generally circularcross-sectionally bracket-shaped female channel track 200 is defined bya semi-stiff upper lip 104 and a semi-stiff lower lip 106 that arevertically connected by an intermediate two-sided elongated generallycross-sectionally rectangular contiguous portion 308. Furthermore, thecross-sectionally rectangular portion has a first flat side 203 securelyattached to a periphery surface 307 of a visor member 310. In anotherembodiment, the two-sided generally rectangular contiguous portion 209has an opposing second flat side 204 generally shorter than the firstflat side 203. The second flat side 204 projects outwardly from theinner surface 307 of the visor 310, The upper lip 104 and lower lip 106,which further define a clasp for slidably 210 and securely retaining anupper first groove 100 and a lower second groove 101 the two ends ofT-head shaped 206, 98 of male track means.

An additional embodiment of a sports rally cap is shown in FIG. 19. Thesports rally cap 300 illustrates a visor member 3310. In an alternativeembodiment, the visor member carries an inner sweatband 302. Anembodiment, as shown as an exploded view in FIG. 19A, includes, but isnot limited to, a headband of the visor having a male track means as 312forming a circular and longitudinally extending single inter-lockingmechanism 314 with a female channel track means 306. In a furtherembodiment, the circular interlocking mechanism is attached to the headband therein forming a single unit that is attached to the crown 10 ofthe cap. In yet another embodiment a sweat band is affixed on the innersurface of the headband such that the sweat band is in contact with thewearer persons head.

In an embodiment of a method as schematically illustrated in FIG. 20, anindividual wearer person rallies for at least one sports team byentering a sports arena or a ballpark where at least one sports team isputting on an event. In an embodiment, a method 400 of rallying forsports events is disclosed herein that includes selecting a sports teamor rally theme and wearing the appropriate cap with a rotatable crown402 having at least one suitable logo. A further embodiment in thismethod includes, an individual wearer person that rallies for at leastone sports team by selecting a rally cap with a rotatable crown havingat least one logo corresponding to at last one sports team. Anotherembodiment includes the individual wearer of the rally cap entering therally or theme park or sports arena with the cap on head of wearerperson (fan) 404. The method includes a fan in possession of a rallycap. In a variant embodiment the fan or the individual wearer personrallies for at least one sports team by selecting a visor member havinga bill having at least one logo displayed on an upper surface of thebill. In yet another embodiment of the method 400 the individual wearerperson rallies for at least one sports team by first covering his or herhead with the rally cap having the rotatable crown, which has at leastone logo corresponding to at last one sports team and at least one logooutwardly displayed on the crown and then rotating the crown portion ofthe cap until a logo to suit the rally theme or sports team appears infront 406. Optionally, the fan may rally by changing allegiance toopposite team or winning team by rotating the crown to an appropriatelogo 408, which may be different from the initial logo displayed at thetime the fan entered the sporting event. This process may be repeated410 many times. A fan may have dual or multiple alliances for two ormore sports teams. In an embodiment, the individual wearer personrallies for at least one sports team by changing allegiance to a winningteam by rotating the crown member to an suitable logo displayed in afront position coinciding with the bill having at least one differentlogo compared to the crown logo displayed on the crown member. Forexample, as shown in FIG. 21, a fan 500 may be rallying or rooting for aNew York 502 NY team because he/she is originally from New York but isliving in Boston. If the New York team is playing in Boston, the fan 500may rotate 504 the crown 10 to change allegiance and root for the Bostonteam 506 BO to support his/her current residential team.

A reasonably skilled artisan will recognize that the embodiments andexamples in this disclosure are merely illustrative and exemplary,without limitations. Other variations and alternative embodiments andexamples are within the scope of the claimed invention and may bespecified and practiced under the same or similar circumstances,parameters and conditions described herein. Likewise, those skilled inthe art will recognize that the various elements and features claimedthereof for a sports rally cap and methods herein may also be appliedand practiced equivalently using other suitable caps and hats that maybe subject to suitable alterations, variations and iterations as toshapes, sizes, form a, textures, colors and the like. These variationsare within the scope, breadth and purview of the claimed invention.

Those skilled in the art will recognize that the terms “hats” or “caps”or “headwear/apparel or headgear” (or similar terms) indicate devicesused for the sake of representations, and are exemplary and illustrativeas used herein. The terms are interchangeable and reversible based onthe context, tendencies and proclivities of the individual wearer personor fan or individual. Likewise, the skilled artisan will recognize thatthe names of cities, types of logos and sports teams, inter alia,disclosed herein are exemplary and illustrative. Thus the disclosure andterms used therein are not intended to be limiting in any way.

The foregoing detailed description has set forth various embodiments ofdevices or methods via the use of examples and drawings. In so far assuch drawings and examples comprise one or more devices, steps ormethods, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that eachcomponent or device or method or step within such drawing and examplecan be implemented, individually and/or collectively, by a wide range ofany combination thereof. One skilled in the art will recognize that theherein described methods, protocols or devices or steps and objects andthe discussion accompanying them are used as examples for the sake ofconceptual clarity and that various methods, modifications are withinthe skill of those in the art. Consequently, as used herein, thespecific examples or embodiments set forth and the accompanying commentsand observations are intended to be representative of their more generalclasses. In general, use of any specific exemplar or embodiment hereinis also intended to be representative of its class, and thenon-inclusion of such specific steps, examples, embodiments or drawingsand examples or the like herein shall not be taken as indicating thatlimitation is desired. The herein described subject matter sometimesillustrates different devices or methods comprised within, or associatedwith, different or other device(s) or methods. It is to be understoodthat such described device or methods, drawings and examples are merelyexemplary, and that in fact many other drawings, and examples can beimplemented, which achieve the same or similar results. In a conceptualsense, any device or method or protocol to achieve the same result iseffectively “equivalent” to this disclosure such that the desired resultis achieved. Hence, any two or more devices or methods or steps hereincombined to achieve a particular result can be seen as “equivalent” toeach other such that the desired result is achieved, irrespective ofdifferences in method(s) or steps. Likewise, any two device(s) soequivalent can also be viewed as being “functionally “equivalent”, toeach other to achieve a desired result, and any two methods or devicescapable of being so associated can also be viewed as being capable ofacting together, with each other to achieve a desired result.

With respect to the use of substantially any plural and/or singularterms herein, those having skill in the art can transmute from theplural to the singular and/or from the singular to the plural as isappropriate to the context and/or application. The varioussingular/plural permutations are not expressly set forth herein for sakeof clarity.

While particular aspects of the present subject matter described hereinhave been shown and described, it will be apparent to those skilled inthe art that, based upon the embodiments herein, changes andmodifications may be made without departing from the subject matterdescribed herein and its broader aspects and, therefore, the appendedclaims are to encompass within their scope all such changes andmodifications as are within the true spirit and scope of the subjectmatter described herein. Furthermore, it is to be understood that theinvention is defined by the appended claims. It will be understood bythose within the art that, in general, terms used herein, and especiallyin the appended claims (e.g., bodies of the appended claims) aregenerally intended as “open” terms (e.g., the term “including” should beinterpreted as “including but not limited to,” the term “having” or“has” should be interpreted as “having or has at least,” the term“includes” should be interpreted as “includes but is not limited to,”etc.). For example, as an aid to understanding, the following appendedclaims may contain usage of the introductory phrases “at least one” and“one or more” to introduce claim recitations. However, the use of suchphrases should not be construed to imply that the introduction of aclaim recitation by the indefinite articles “a” or “an” limits anyparticular claim containing such introduced claim recitation toinventions comprising only one such recitation, even when the same claimincludes the introductory phrases “one or more” or “at least one” andindefinite articles such as “a” or “an” (e.g., “a” and/or “an” shouldtypically be interpreted to mean “at least one” or “one or more”); thesame holds true for the use of definite articles used to introduce claimrecitations. In addition, even if a specific number of an introducedclaim recitation is explicitly recited, those skilled in the art willrecognize that such recitation should typically be interpreted to meanat least the recited number (e.g., the bare recitation of “tworecitations,” without other modifiers, typically means at least tworecitations, or two or more recitations). Furthermore, in thoseinstances where a convention analogous to “at least one of A, B, and C,etc.” is used, in general such a construction is intended in the senseone having skill in the art would understand the convention (e.g., “asystem having at least one of A, B, and C” would include but not belimited to systems that have A alone, B alone, C alone, A and Btogether, A and C together, B and C together, and/or A, B, and Ctogether, etc.). In those instances where a convention analogous to “atleast one of A, B, or C, etc.” is used, in general such a constructionis intended in the sense one having skill in the art would understandthe convention (e.g., “a system having at least one of A, B, or C” wouldinclude but not be limited to systems that have A alone, B alone, Calone, A and B together, A and C together, B and C together, and/or A,B, and C together, etc.). It will be further understood by those withinthe art that virtually any disjunctive word and/or phrase presenting twoor more alternative terms, whether in the description, claims, ordrawings, should be understood to contemplate the possibilities ofincluding one of the terms, either of the terms, or both terms. Forexample, the phrase “A or B” will be understood to include thepossibilities of “A” or “B” or “A and B”.

I claim:
 1. A sports rally cap, comprising: a crown member configured tocover a head of an individual wearer person, said crown member furtherconfigured to rotate around its own vertical axis, said crown memberhaving a bottom-end opening, said opening defining a brim, said brimhaving a circularly configured opening to receive an individual wearerperson's head, said crown member additionally configured to rotatearound a horizontal axis of said brim, said crown member having aplurality of sports theme logos outwardly displayed on said crownmember's outer surfaces, said brim having a substantially semi-stiffinner surface configured to be reversibly detachable and re-attachableto and from a visor member, said brim includes on its inner surface aprotruding generally circular cross-sectionally T-head shaped male trackmeans for slidably engaging a compatible inter-locking and generallycircular reciprocally cross-sectionally bracket-shaped female channeltrack means, said generally circular cross-sectionally T-head shapedmale track means further comprises an upper first groove and a lowersecond groove that are vertically connected by an intermediate two-sidedelongated generally cross-sectionally rectangular contiguous portion,said cross-sectionally bracket-shaped female channel track means furtherincludes a semi-stiff upper lip and a second semi-stiff lower lip thatare vertically connected by an intermediate two-sided elongatedgenerally cross-sectionally rectangular contiguous portion; said visormember further comprises a bill that extends outwardly and laterallyrelative to an individual wearer person's head, said bill having atleast one logo displayed on its upper surface, said visor member havingsaid generally circular reciprocally cross-sectionally bracket-shapedfemale channel track means is configured to couple to said protrudingside of said generally circular cross-sectionally T-head shaped maletrack means, wherefore said generally circular cross-sectionally T-headshaped male track means being securely attached circularly to saidbrim's inner surface, said generally circular cross-sectionally T-headshaped male track means substantially extends lengthwisecircumferentially around and is placed near an edge of said innersurface of said brim, said visor member includes a generally closedcircular headband member, which is securely attached to an inner surfaceof said visor member, said headband member also being securely attachedto a concavely curved backward portion of said bill, said headbandmember is further configured to securely attach to an outer flat portionof said generally circular cross-sectionally bracket-shaped femalechannel track means, said cross-sectionally bracket-shaped femalechannel track means being configured to slidably accommodate said maletrack means, and said crown member, and said visor member are coupled toeach other such as to enable said crown to rotate around said head ofsaid individual wearer person, wherefore said visor member being stablypositioned on said head of said individual wearer person.
 2. The sportsrally cap of claim 1, wherein said generally circular cross-sectionallyT-head shaped male track means and said generally circularcross-sectionally bracket-shaped female channel track means, whencoupled to each other, thereby form a circular and longitudinallyextending single inter-locking mechanism to enable said male track meansto slide smoothly within said female channel track means back and forthcircularly and laterally around the horizontal axis of said brim.
 3. Thesports rally cap of claim 1, wherein said upper first groove and a lowersecond groove of said male track means are connected by saidintermediate two-sided elongated generally cross-sectionally rectangularcontiguous portion, said cross-sectionally rectangular portion having afirst flat side securely attached to an inner periphery surface of saidbrim, and an opposing second flat side generally shorter than said firstflat side projecting outwardly from said inner periphery surface of saidbrim.
 4. The sports rally cap of claim 1, wherein said generallycircular cross-sectionally bracket-shaped female channel track means isdefined by said semi-stiff upper lip and said second semi-stiff lowerlip that are vertically connected by an intermediate two-sided elongatedgenerally cross-sectionally rectangular contiguous portion, saidcross-sectionally rectangular contiguous portion having a first flatside securely attached to a periphery surface of said visor headbandmember, and an opposing second flat side generally shorter than saidfirst flat side, projecting outwardly from said outer surface of saidvisor headband member, said upper and lower lips further defining aclasp for slidably and securely retaining an upper first groove and alower second groove of said T-head shaped male track means.
 5. Thesports rally cap of claim 1, wherein said headband member of said visoris securely attached to a first flat side of said intermediate two-sidedelongated generally cross-sectionally rectangular contiguous portion ofsaid circular cross-sectionally bracket-shaped female channel trackmeans such that said headband member has an outer side attached to saidcross-sectionally bracket-shaped female channel track means and an innerside in contact with said individual wearer person's head.
 6. The sportsrally cap of claim 1, wherein said generally circular cross-sectionallyT-head-shaped male track means is made from at least one member of agroup consisting of a plastic, a metal, polyurethane, a polyvinylchloride, a nylon, a rubber, and a wood.
 7. The sports rally cap ofclaim 1, wherein said generally circular cross-sectionallybracket-shaped female channel track means is made from at least onemember of a group consisting of a plastic, a metal, polyurethane, apolyvinyl chloride, a nylon, a rubber, and a wood.
 8. The sports rallycap of claim 1, wherein said crown member is detachable from said visormember by forcibly pulling at said visor member so that said femalechannel track means separates from said male track means.
 9. The sportsrally cap of claim 1, wherein said crown member is attachable to saidvisor member by firstly aligning said male track means with said femalechannel track means and secondly by pressing said semi-stiff upper lipand said lower lip of said female channel track means against saidprotruding surface of said male track means thereby forming a singlesliding inter-locked unit to enable rotation of said crown.
 10. Thesports rally cap of claim 1, wherein said plurality of sports themelogos are constructed on to generally triangular-shaped fabric portions,said triangular-shaped fabric portions sewn together to form adome-shaped said crown member of said sports rally cap.
 11. The sportsrally cap of claim 1, wherein said plurality of sports theme logos areselected from a group consisting of a professional sports team, aprofessional game, a professional outdoor activity, a religious symbol,a professional theme, a non-professional sport, a non-professionaltheme, a cause, a rally, an event, a gathering of persons, a club, agame, a membership organization, a company, a material, a tool and aunit.
 12. The sports rally cap of claim 1, wherein said male track meansis attached securely near said inner periphery surface of said brim bymeans of at least one of a hook, a thread, a stitch, a clip, a staple, agrip, a nail, a screw, an adhesive, a rivet, a pin, a bolt, a rubber, awire and a cable.
 13. The sports rally cap of claim 1, wherein saidfemale channel track means is attached securely to said visor member andto said headband member by means of at least one of a hook, a thread, astitch, a clip, a staple, a grip, a nail, a screw, an adhesive, a rivet,a pin, a bolt, a rubber, a wire, a fastener, and a cable.
 14. The sportsrally cap of claim 1, wherein said brim having a substantiallysemi-stiff inner surface configured to be reversibly detachable andre-attachable to and from a visor member, is detached from said visormember such that said visor member can be separately worn on said headof said individual wearer person.
 15. The sports rally cap of claim 1,wherein said individual wearer person rallies for at least one sportsteam by entering a sports arena where said at least one sports team isputting on an event.
 16. The sports rally cap of claim 1, wherein saidindividual wearer person rallies for at least one sports team byselecting said rally cap with said rotatable crown having said at leastone logo corresponding to said at last one sports team.
 17. The sportsrally cap of claim 1, wherein said individual wearer person rallies forat least one sports team by selecting said visor member having said billhaving said at least one logo displayed on said upper surface of saidbill.
 18. The sports rally cap of claim 1, wherein said individualwearer person rallies for at least one sports team by covering anindividual person's head with said cap with said rotatable crown havingsaid at least one logo corresponding to said at last one sports team,said at least one logo outwardly displayed on said crown.
 19. The sportsrally cap of claim 1, wherein said individual wearer person rallies forat least one sports team by rotating said crown of said cap until anappropriate logo to suit a rally theme for said at least one sports teamis displayed in front, said logo coinciding in position with said billof said cap.
 20. The sports rally cap of claim 1, wherein saidindividual wearer person rallies for at least one sports team bychanging allegiance to a winning team by rotating said crown member toan appropriate logo displayed in a front position coinciding with saidbill having at least one different logo compared to said crown logodisplayed on said crown member.